The 27-year-old is heading into the fourth and final year of his rookie contract, which will pay him just over $1 million in 2016. His side is likely angling for a long-term deal that averages around $15 million per season. A proposal the Panthers sent two weeks ago was well short of that number, a source said.

Short and the rest of the Panthers are undergoing physicals and other medical tests Monday. They'll be on the field Tuesday for the first of three practices.

If Short hadn't shown this week, he would have been subject to a $76,580 fine.